Hi there! Since a few days I've got a new AMD Athlon 64 3200+ System and I have installed SuSE 9.1. Nearly everthing works perfect, but the system runs only with 800 MHz (!?!?) CPU clockrate. I've tested all three possibilities in the BIOS (Silent/Auto/max.Performance?), but it's always the same: hwinfo --cpu shows only 800 MHZ orion:~ # hwinfo --cpu 01: None 00.0: 10103 CPU [Created at cpu.290] Unique ID: rdCR.j8NaKXDZtZ6 Hardware Class: cpu Arch: X86-64 Vendor: "AuthenticAMD" Model: 15.4.8 "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+" Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,syscall,nx,mmxext,lm,3dnowext,3dnow Clock: 800 MHz Cache: 1024 kb Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Now the system runs in Max.Performance-mode and I have done a hwinfo --bios. It tells: 2000MHz, but hwinfo --cpu tells 800MHz (the listing above is made at the same time, running in max.performance. orion:~ # hwinfo --bios 01: None 00.0: 10105 BIOS [Created at bios.139] Unique ID: rdCR.lZF+r4EgHp4 Hardware Class: bios BIOS Keyboard LED Status: Scroll Lock: off Num Lock: on Caps Lock: off Serial Port 0: 0x3f8 Parallel Port 0: 0x378 PnP BIOS: @@@0000 BIOS32 Service Directory Entry: 0xfd740 SMBIOS Version: 2.31 BIOS Info: #0 Vendor: "FUJITSU SIEMENS // Phoenix Technologies Ltd." Version: "4.06 Rev. 1.06.1607" Date: "02/27/2004" Start Address: 0xe5b80 ROM Size: 512 kB Features: 0x0137000000007ff1de80 PCI supported PnP supported APM supported BIOS flashable BIOS shadowing allowed ESCD supported CD boot supported Selectable boot supported 1.2MB NEC 9800 Japanese Floppy supported 1.2MB Toshiba Japanese Floppy supported 360kB Floppy supported 1.2MB Floppy supported 720kB Floppy supported 2.88MB Floppy supported Print Screen supported 8042 Keyboard Services supported Serial Services supported Printer Services supported CGA/Mono Video supported ACPI supported USB Legacy supported AGP supported LS-120 boot supported ATAPI ZIP boot supported BIOS Boot Spec supported System Info: #1 Manufacturer: "FUJITSU SIEMENS" Product: "D1607" UUID: undefined, but settable Wake-up: 0x06 (Power Switch) Board Info: #2 Manufacturer: "FUJITSU SIEMENS" Product: "D1607" Version: "S26361-D1607" Serial: "13808392" Chassis Info: #3 Manufacturer: "FUJITSU SIEMENS" Type: 0x06 (Mini Tower) Lock: present Bootup State: 0x03 (Safe) Power Supply State: 0x03 (Safe) Thermal State: 0x03 (Safe) Security Status: 0x03 (None) Processor Info: #4 Socket: "CPU" Socket Type: 0x04 (ZIF Socket) Socket Status: Populated Type: 0x03 (CPU) Family: 0x1f (K6-2+) Manufacturer: "AMD" Version: "AMD Athlon(tm) 64" Processor ID: 0x078bfbff00000f48 Status: 0x01 (Enabled) Voltage: 3.3 V --> Max. Speed: 2000 MHz --> Current Speed: 2000 MHz L1 Cache: #5 L2 Cache: #6 Any ideas? I'm running a SETI-job and it lasts very long, much longer than a job on an 2.8GHz P4, so I think hwinfo --cpu is right. Greetings, Achim